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Number plate news around the world: August 2024

21 August 2024

Number plates censorship challenged in America; South Korean drivers unimpressed by vivid new plate colour; Fake number plate arrests in Taiwan. All in August's news update.

How to challenge an unfair parking penalty

16 August 2024

Parking penalties are a painful fact of the motorist's life. That pain is made worse when the penalty should never have been issued. Even if you should have paid, there can still be circumstances in which a penalty is unfair. We explain how to deal with those pesky tickets.

National Road Victim Month: a wake-up call

13 August 2024

National Road Victim Month is intended to raise awareness of the challenges victims face and the magnitude of the UK's road safety problem. How bad are things?

Going for gold

12 August 2024

As our Olympic athletes return home, we look back at some of the amazing Olympic stars who have appeared in our magazine

Are left-handed drivers the best?

07 August 2024

Research shows that left-hand drivers are more likely to have serious car accidents than right-handers. Truth or nonsense: read on and decide for yourself.

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The role of DVLA

Car registrations and number plates, including personalised number plates, in the UK, are the responsibility of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, usually known as the DVLA. It issues new registrations twice a year and also maintains the central database that records details of all vehicles licensed to drive on UK roads, along with their keeper and registration information.

Regtransfers works closely with DVLA to complete registration transfers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Regtransfers is a DVLA-registered supplier of personal car registrations and number plates and is listed on the DVLA Registrations website. All number plates supplied by Regtransfers comply with DVLA's prescribed standards and regulations.

DVLA administers all UK registration transfers and issues updated registration documents when the registration number of a car is changed, or when a registration is removed from a vehicle and placed on a retention document in accordance with the DVLA Retention Scheme.

DVLA is a registered trade mark of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Regtransfers is not affiliated with the DVLA or DVLA Personalised Registrations. Regtransfers is a recognised reseller of unissued Government stock.

Number plate regulations

When a car is on the road, it is an offence to display number plates bearing any number other than the vehicle's officially recorded registration number. If you purchase a private registration, learn how to transfer private plates before displaying the new number.

All registration number plates displayed on UK vehicles must comply with the official number plate regulations. DVLA oversees enforcement of number plates display regulations and maintains a register of approved manufacturers and retailers of vehicle number plates.

Regtransfers is not part of, and is not formally affiliated with DVLA.